2005 Edmunds St. John Syrah Bassetti Vineyard San Luis Obispo County

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($45) Lurid purple. Smoky, floral and suave, with highly expressive dark berry, underbrush and violet scents. Fine-grained and silky in texture, with impressively concentrated blackberry and cassis flavors and good bright, spicy lift to the finish. "This always has a very low pH and the grapes are teensy," notes Edmunds. This could pass for Northern Rhone syrah. (JR)

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